MS 5798
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Frank Moorhouse
- Title
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Papers of Frank Moorhouse
- Date Range
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1951-1970
- Collection Number
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MS 5798
- Extent
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0.64 metres (various)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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National Library of Australia
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1102728).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Frank Moorhouse, National Library of Australia, MS 5798, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Biographical Note
Journalist and novelist. Publications include: Futility and other animals (1969), The Electrical experience (1974), Tales of mystery and romance (1977), The Everlasting secret family (1980), Room service (1985), Forty-seventeen (1988) and Grand days (1993).
Item Descriptions
Essays, short stories, poems 1953-55 (not school work) (File 1) - Box 1
Ideas 1953-1955 (not schoolwork) (File 2) - Box 1
School essays, 1954 (File 3) - Box 1
Notes and scraps, 1956-57 (File 4) - Box 1
Diary, 8 Jan - 25 March 1957 (File 5) - Box 1
Notes and drafts, 1960-70 (File 6) - Box 1
Stores, published and unpublished, 1960-69 (File 7-9) - Box 1
Journal 18 May 1957-30 December 1957 289p, typescript (File 10) - Box 2
Short stories, verse and manuscript also record of submissions, 1956-70 (File 11) - Box 2
Notes, drafts and talks, 1960-70 (File 12-16) - Box 2
"The Tabloid Story" 1972-73 correspondence, short stories, newspaper cuttings notes also some receipt and financial records (File 17-19) - Box 3
Correspondence with publishers and other Writers, 1966-68 (File 20) - Box 3
"Futility" short stories (File 21-23) - Box 3
Thor - Tharunka case drafts, notes newspaper clippings (File 24-26) - Box 4
Notes, ideas, talks, drafts of scripts, 1960-1970 (File 27-29) - Box 4
Transcript of evidence. Rev. John Cox and Wendy Bacon, 1972 (File 30) - Box 4
Letters and rejections concerning writings, 1953-59 (File 31) - Box 5
Letters concerning competitions won and applications for grants, 1960-70 (File 32) - Box 5
Correspondence and scripts for 4 TV plays, 1960-70 (File 33) - Box 5
Correspondence from publishers and editors, 1960-70 (File 34) - Box 5
7 issues of "Students' Voice" 1955 and School magazines 1951-55 (File 35) - Box 5
Household accounts and legal correspondence and taxation (File 36-37) - Box 5